Upcoming Latin shows at Yoshi’s
April 19, 2009 by events2
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“A Yoshi’s Exclusive — 1st Ever Collaboration”
EDDIE PALMIERI AND THE PAN-CARRIBEAN ALL-STARS
Fri/Sat/Sun, June 26/27/28- PONCHO SANCHEZ’S LATIN JAZZ BAND
July 17, 18 & 19 - Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends
August 1 & 2 - Orchestra Baobab
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Cheryl Burke Dance Studio Salsa Social, Live Dance Performances!!
November 11, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Salsa Dance Social with LIVE Dance Performances!!
Sunday, October 12th 7:00pm - 12:00am
Cheryl Burke Dance Studio
1830 17th Street
San Francisco, CA
Come support these amazing dance teams before they go to Compete in Puerto Rico!
Cheryl Burke’s Dance teams will be heading off to the Puerto Rico Hustle & Salsa Festival that same week. Join us at the social before they fly off!
Special performances by TLS, Symbolic Mambo, and more!!
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Featuring the best Salsa, Mambo, Merengue, & Cha cha from DJ Super Chino
*Lessons @ 7pm
Beginning: Rodolfo(main ballroom)
Intermediate on 2: Ava (mezzanine)
Party @ 8pm-12am
Free appetizers! Performances!
Cost:
Lesson & party: $12 | Party Only: $8
Cheryl Burke Dance
1830 17th Street x DeHaro
San Francisco
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Glas Kat Supper Club, Salsa Tuesdays!!
November 10, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Glas Kat is THE place for Salsa Dancing in
San Francisco on Tuesdays!
If you want to dance salsa on a Tuesday night in San Francisco, AY KARAMBA is the night for you at the Glas Kat.
Glas Kat Supper Club
520 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415.495.6620
Glas Kat Supper Club is located in the heart of the SOMA district of San Francisco. It’s a nightclub and restaurant that combines Hawaiian fusion cuisine and dance. It is one of San Francisco’s premiere nightclubs.
Dance Lessons:
Beginner Salsa lesson is- 7:45 to 8:30 with Alison Hurwitz (Metronome Ballroom/Harmony Project Dance Company). Alison is an amazing dancer and an excellent teacher of beginners. Her humor and clear instruction will have you doing the basic in no time.
Intermediate Salsa lesson is- 8:30 to 9:30 with Ricardo Tellez (RicaSalsa Dance Company). Ricardo is a salsa dancer/instructor with thousands of moves.
Once a month (3rd Tuesday), Rodney Aquino (Rodchata.com/Salsagang.com) hosts a Bachata Social in the upstairs lounge with DJ El Guapo. Bachata is a Dominican dance that became popular in the Bay Area about 4 years ago - a romantic and sensual dance.
Glas Kat’s Salsa DJs: DJ Chino, Don BoriQua and El De La Clave. All are serviceable to good salsa DJs, playing a mix of salsa, cha cha cha, merengue and bachata.
Cover: $12.
If you sign up on the Glas Kat guest list (go to the website, http://www.glaskat.com and click on the VIP guest list for Tuesday) you get in for $5. The list closes at 5 PM, and you have to be in the club by 10 PM.
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San Francisco’s Secret Salsa Spot, Cigar Bar and Grill
October 22, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Cigar Bar & Grill
850 Montgomery Street
(at Gold St)
San Francisco, CA 94133
www.cigarbarandgrill.com
About the Cigar Bar:
Tucked away, down some inconspicuous stairs on Montgomery Street in North Beach, you will find a San Francisco Jewel called the Cigar Bar. It attracts locals and foreigners from all different parts of the world. I feel like I am being transported to some little place in Spain or Cuba when I enter the warmly lit bar. I am drawn in by the live Latin music playing from the small tiled dance-floor.
This isn’t your normal Salsa Club, well it isn’t a Salsa Club at all. It is a place where people go to enjoy a selection of tapas, great tequila (well this is a personal note), wine, live music, cigars of course, and now salsa dancing.
It feels a bit how salsa dancing was born, not in the big clubs, but in small venues where people are drinking, dining and then letting the music move them to the dance-floor.
Music:
The Cigar Bar & Grill is a leading San Francisco venue to hear live music. We are committed to providing mainstream & Latin Jazz from leading Bay Area Musicians. Don’t miss out on a truly unique San Francisco music experience!
Live Music every Thursday at 9:30pm, and Friday & Saturday nights at 10pm
Offering the Bay Area’s best in Salsa, Cuban Son, Merengue, Samba, and Afro Cubano
Salsa Dancing, Latin Dancing encouraged!
Drinks:
The Cigar Bar & Grill features a comprehensive selection of premium rums, single malts, cognacs, wines and ports. The Mojito is a favorite specialty amongst the guests as is the house made Sangria. Try the Caipirihna made with Brazil’s Cachaca, fresh lime juice and sugar.
Food:
The Cigar Bar & Grill features tasty rustic foods prepared with care. Whether it’s bar favorites like hot wings, calamari and fish tacos - to fine dinners like pistachio crusted king salmon or fork tender beef shortribs, The Cigar Bar provides delicious meals to please all palettes in the casual dining atmosphere.
Monday-Thursday from 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday from 5:00pm - 11:00pm
Saturday from 6:00pm - 11:00pm
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Avance LIVE at Cafe Cocomo, Saturday, October 18th!!
October 16, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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AVANCE Live at Cafe Cocomo
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Come See the Bay Area’s Hottest Salsa Band Live at Cafe Cocomo This Saturday October 4th, 2008
Cafe Cocomo
650 INDIANA STREET | SAN FRANCISCO, CA. | 415-824-6910
*Salsa lesson by Jake at 8:00pm
*Band starts at 10:00pm
*Cafe Cocomo’s bar and grill is open for happy hour & dinner
*Half Price on all Drinks from 5pm-7pm
*Cover: $10 before 10pm / $20 after 10pm
About AVANCE:
Avance Originates and consists of the hottest and newest talents the San Francisco Bay Area has come to know. Four electrifying, bilingual singers, a sizzling horn section, and one of the best rhythm sections on the West Coast. You put this all together and you get a new and unique sound that crosses the language barrier: Spanish and English. Leading the group is Carlos Santana percussionist, Karl Perazzo, and Co-Founder/Vocalist Armando Cordoba.
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Columbian Artists Jorge Celedon & Jimmy Zambrano LIVE at Roccapulco!!
October 7, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Jorge Celedon & Jimmy Zambrano at Roccapulco
Friday October 17th, 2008
Roccapulco Supper Club
3140 MIssion Street | San Francisco, CA | Tel. 415.648.6611
About Jorge Celedon:
Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedon (born March 4, 1968 in Villanueva, La Guajira) is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre. In 1998, he decided to create his own vallenato group and teamed with accordionist Jimmy Zambrano.
Purchase Tickets Here!!
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Rumba Cafe at Cafe Cocomo this Thursday, San Francisco
October 2, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Rumba Cafe Performing LIVE
Thursday October 2nd, 2008
Doors Open at 7:30pm
Cover: $10 before 10pm, $15 after 10pm
Salsa Lesson by Jake 8:00pm-9:00pm
DJ Fab Freddy at 9:00pm spinning the best of salsa, cha-cha-cha, merengue, and bachata.
Rumba Cafe performing live at 10:00pm
Cafe Cocomo
650 Indiana Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-824-6910
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Jesus Diaz Latin Jazz Ensemble at Bruno’s Thursday, San Francisco
October 1, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Come See Jesus Diaz
Latin Jazz Ensemble at Bruno’s
Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 10:00pm
Welcome to Bruno’s, a historic landmark venue nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District. We take great pride in offering a diverse line up of weekly music from live jazz, hip hop, soul, funk, rock, and latin to a collection of the Bay Area’s finest DJ’s spinning high energy dance parties on the weekends. For details regarding our weekly entertainment line up please do not hesitate to call us directly at Bruno’s. Schedules are updated on the website weekly.
About Jesus Diaz:
Join Jesus Diaz and his ensemble as the play the latest in contemporary, progressive afro-Cuban jazz. Jesus is a Cuban born percussionist and vocalist is a pioneer in bringing a special blend of traditional, folkloric and modern/timba influences to the Bay Area sound. His local and worldwide performances in collaboration with world renowned and acclaimed artists, are recognized for their contributions to the richness of an ever expanding musical genre worldwide.
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Green Lantern Lounge, Mountain View
August 26, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Green Lantern Lounge
1477 Plymouth St.
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 968-8879*Salsa Thursday Nights*
On 2 Salsa Class with Felipe Martinez at 8:15- 9:20 p.m.
Dancing till 1:00 a.m.
$5 cover
Music by DJ El de la Clave
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Latin Hipnosis: MAZACOTE + DJ ELDELACLAVE
August 25, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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THE NEW LATIN HIPNOSIS EVERY 1ST FRIDAY OF
THE MONTH IN SAN FRANCISCO
Grand Opening Friday September 5th, 2008
You are all invited to the grand opening of LATIN HIPNOSIS, a once-a-month event in San Francisco!
Grand Opening Night features: - MAZACOTE - DJ ELDELACLAVE
Cover: $10.00 We are excited about our new location!
You’re gonna love it!
Location: Bollyhood Cafe, 3372 19th street (mission st), SF, CA
About Bollywood Cafe:
Bollyhood Café is a contemporary space that fuses Indian flavors of film, food and fun drinks.
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Salsa Dance Thursdays at Bing Crosby’s, Walnut Creek
August 20, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Salsa Lesson with TOMAJ at 8:00
SEE YOU THERE!
For more information about this event and Tomaj Trenda visit: www.salsawithtomaj.com
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Salsa Wednesdays at the Copacabana, 330 Ritch
August 19, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Check out Copacabana at 330 Ritch this
Wednesday August 20th
Salsa Lessons from Enrique and Lucy
And live salsa band Mazacote performing for your salsa dancing pleasure.
Cover Charge: $10.00
Come Check out the newest hot spot for Wednesday night salsa dancing. Thats right, salsa dancing at 330 Ritch is back after all these years. It is a great venue, with two bars, good sound system, nice smooth dance floor, and a great mix of dancers for all levels. Get your salsa on this Wednesday at the Copacabana!!
About Mazacote:
Mazacote is the hard-swinging, old-school salsa group led by legendary percussionist Louie Romero, who came to fans’ attention as the longtime timbales player for famed salsero “El Cantante” Hector Lavoe. Louie is also renowned for his work with Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Celia Cruz, Ron Carter, and other salsa and jazz stars in his native New York.
Based in San Francisco, Mazacote plays a crowd-pleasing, high-energy mixture of classic salsa favorites and original latin jazz tunes. It’s no wonder that Latin Beat magazine called Mazacote “one of the premier salsa ensembles in Northern California.”
Recently, the band released the album “Timbalero.” Its title track is a fresh take on Louie’s classic 1972 recording of the song with Hector Lavoe and Willie Colón. The album — filled with soulful and danceable salsa, cha-cha, latin jazz, Cuban guajira, and bomba — is receiving rave reviews from dancers, DJs, and music critics alike.
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Orquest Bakan, live at Cafe Bella, Petaluma
August 19, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Orquesta Bakan Live
Saturday August 23rd
Cafe Bella
3120 Lakeville HWY, Petaluma 94954
Phone: (707) 763.0535
About Orquesta Bakan:
This high-energy Orquesta consists of some of the finest musicians in Northern California. A nice blend of experienced, and up and coming young talent is reflected in their showmanship. On vocals are, Augustine “Indio” Martinez, Victor “Cafe” August and Mark “Coco” Pagan. On Trumpets, Tom Bertetta and Rolf Johnson.
On Woodwinds, Peter Cornell, and on Trombones Doug Beavers and Mike Rinta. Christian Tumalan on Piano, and Carlos Ramirez on Electric Bass. Eric Mendez on Timbales, Sean Zuniga on Congas and Director Jose Guaman on Bongos. Each member brings the flavor of his country ranging from Puerto Rico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, and the USA.
About Cafe Bella:
The interior of the restaurant is very clean, with lots of light from the large windows that face east. Dabbas calls the decor “country rustic,” with a yellowish paint scheme he dubs “Butter and Eggs.” He even attempted to capture the city’s blending of tradition and innovation in the building’s design.
Café Bella features a full bar, framed by sandstone bricks, from which Dabbas’s small brewery dispenses two styles of beer, a pilsner and a stout. “I was doing it at home and I wanted to take it to the next level,” he said of the brewing operation.
The food is described as “California comfort cuisine.”
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John Santos Sextet Live at Yoshi’s, Oakland
August 17, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Santos comes to Yoshi’s Oakland on August 26th
with a new Sextet.
Tuesday, August 26, 8 p.m.
$16 (one show only)
Four-time Grammy nominee, John Santos is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today. He is known for his innovative use of traditional forms and instruments in combination with contemporary music, and has earned much respect and recognition as a record and event producer. He has performed, recorded and studied with acknowledged masters of the Afro-Latin and Jazz idioms such as Cachao, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Lazaro Ros, Armando Peraza, Eddie Palmieri, Patato Valdes, Francisco Aguabella, Orestes Vilate Rene Lopez, Max Roach, Batacumbele, Steve Turre, John Faddis and Chocolate Armenteros. This experience has provided a solid foundation for Mr. Santos’ current ground-breaking work in bringing together styles, rhythms, concepts and artists from different generations.
Born in San Francisco, California, November l, l955, he was raised in the Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean traditions of his family, surrounded by music. The fertile musical environment of the San Francisco Bay Area shaped his career in a unique way. His studies of Afro-Latin music have included several trips to New York, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil and Colombia.
Mr. Santos is widely respected as one of the top writers, teachers and historians in the field and is a member of the Latin Jazz Advisory Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. He has conducted lectures, workshops and clinics in the Americas and Europe since 1972. He has contributed to the international magazines Percussive Notes, Modern Drummer, Modern Percussionist, and Latin Percussionist. The Bay Area native has been presented him with numerous awards and honors for artistic excellence and social dedication.
Yoshi’s Oakland
510 Embarcadero West Oakland, California
Tickets for all shows are on sale at www.yoshis.com,
the Yoshi’s Box Office or by phone at 510-238-9200
Validated parking at Jack London Square Garage
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Avance Live at Roccapulco, San Francisco
August 16, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Avance at Roccapulco
Saturday August 16th, 2008
Live at Roccapulco Supper Club
Orquesta Avance
Salsa Lesson at 8:30pm with Ava and Rodolfo
$10 before 9:30pm and $15 after
About Avance:
If you haven’t seen Avance yet you haven’t seen what the San Francisco Salsa scene is all about. This group delivers restlessly the heart and soul of what drives the salseros in the SF Bay Area. There shows are always packed and for a very good reason. Avance’s musical productions combine and fuse all the different styles of salsa: Puerto Rican, Cuban, New York and Colombian. Add to the mix R & B/Pop , then you’ve got yourself a group of diversity and innovation, yet always familiar to the ear, and more importantly the soul.
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Grand Re-Opening of Jillian’s Saturday September 6th
August 15, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Sabroso at Jillian’s San Francisco
Jillian’s Grand Re-Opening Saturday, September 6th
Opening Night Performance by Julio Bravo Y Su Orquesta Salsabor
Floor Show by SalsaMania
Are you Ready for the Biggest Party of the Year?!
Back by Popular Demand Bosco Vega Presenta Sabroso at Jillian’s
LIVE SALSA MUSIC
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
Plus DJ Bosco & DJ Tony O
Salsa Lessons with John and Liz (SalsaMania) 8:45 - 9:45 p.m.
Only $10 before 10:30 p.m. $15 after 10:30 p.m.
Jillian’s San Francisco 101 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Info: 415.424.8809 or 415.595.8152
Bosco Vega
BV Productions
Phone:415.424.8809
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Annual Customer Appreciation Night, Cafe Cocomo
August 14, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Join San Francisco Salsa dancers at Cafe Cocomo’s Annual Customer Appreciation Night.
With Live Salsa Band, Ritmo Sabor Y Son and
DJ Mendy spinning salsa, merengue, cha cha, and bachata.
Salsa lesson with Fernando and Mimi from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION
Cafe Cocomo
650 INDIANA STREET | SAN FRANCISCO, CA. | 415-824-6910
Cafe Cocomo Bar & Grill is now open for happy hour & dinner. Half price on all drinks from 5 - 7 p.m. Mouthwatering entrees from our mesquite wood fired grill and a wide selection of organic wraps and salads.
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Salsa Thursdays at Bing Crosby’s, Walnut Creek
August 13, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Salsa With Style at Bing Crosby’s
Enjoy live salsa bands and salsa dancing every Thursday night at Bing Crosby’s in Walnut Creek
Every Thursday Night from 7 - 10 p.m.
Salsa Dance Lesson With Tomaj
NO COVER CHARGE
1342 Broadway Plaza
Walnut Creek
About Salsa with Tomaj:
Tomaj Trenda received his degree in Dance in 1984 and has been working as a full-time professional dancer, educator and choreographer ever since. He has pursued extensive post-graduate training in various forms of dance as well as movement education for adults. As a dance faculty member at the University of Washington, Cornish College of the Arts, the University of the West Indies, the National Ballet of Mexico and the College of Marin, Tomaj taught thousands of students the joy of dance. He has performed Internationally with the Robert Davidson Dance Company, Men at Play, and The SugaDance company. He began dancing Salsa in 1994 and has been teaching Salsa exclusively for the past 7 years. He has perfomed at the world’s largest Salsa Congress in Los Angles with The SalsaMania Dance Company and directs of the SalsaFire Dance Company in San Francisco. His focus for his professional career has been to provide the student with the highest-quality learning experience possible…Excellence in the Art of TEACHING dance. He currently trains hundreds of students Authentic Club-Style Salsa every week via group classes and private lessons throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Los Boleros Performing Live at La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley
August 13, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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LOS BOLEROS LIVE
August 16th 9pm-1:30am
Los Boleros is an all Acoustic Latin Music group that is taking off in San Francisco. The music style is Traditional Son Montuno, Son Cubano, Boleros, Cumbia, Merengue and many others.
Los Boleros revives old classics like “Dos Gardenias”, “Cuarto de Tula”, Como Fue” and “Besa me Mucho”.
Talented and attractive singers, both male and female, are backed up by the Afro-Cuban beats of Tumbao and Bolero. Up-Right Bass in sync with Congas, Bongos, clave and guiro.
Passionate solos by Flute, Sultry Saxophone and Hot Tres Cubano will get you hooked.
Chan Chan Los Boleros Latin Wedding Band with That Buena Vista S - Click here for the funniest movie of the week
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Orquesta Borinquen Live at the Copacabana, 330 Ritch San Francisco
August 13, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
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Borinquen Live at Copacabana
Wednesday August 13th, 2008Last week was the Copacabana’s opening night at 330 Ritch. It was a great crowd and a great venue. At the moment it will be relished as a smaller venue that still has a lovely dance floor with room to actually dance. But we can all see this place busting from the seams when the word reaches the San Francisco salsa community. So I recommend getting to experience it now, before there is no room left to dance.
This week at Copacapana is our very own Bay Area Boys - Orquesta Borinquen performing live.
DJ Antonio spinning, salsa, cha cha cha, and bachata.
$10.00 Cover
Salsa Lesson with World Salsa Championship Competitors Enrique and Lucy
Copacabana (330 Ritch)
Between 3rd & 4th Street, Brannan & Townsend
San Francisco, CA
About Orquesta Borinquen:
The powerful latin sounds of Orquesta Borinquen have become one of the top choices for salsa in the San Francisco Bay Area. As one of the busiest salsa bands in the Bay Area, Borinquen consists of carefully picked musicians to make the perfect band for people who love to dance to powerful, energetic salsa. Orquesta Borinquen keeps you on your feet! The incredible sound and highly energetic personality of Borinquen is matched only by our stage presence. We love to have a great time on stage, and enjoy making music together. Come out and take a ride with Orquesta Borinquen.
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